On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 14:50:30 -0400, Knutson, Sam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In z/OS R9 the Binder rejects request to write to a PDS that has >non-RECFM U, unless RECFM=U is explicitly overriden. This behavior now >matches the behavior for PDSEs. So if you try to link into your JCL PDS >you won't damage it. > Thanks Sam. That is what I was thinking of, not IFGEDI (which was new with z/OS 1.5 , not z/OS 1.6 as I wrote). IFGEDI protects PS dsns accessed via DISP=SHR. Mark -- Mark Zelden Sr. Software and Systems Architect - z/OS Team Lead Zurich North America / Farmers Insurance Group - ZFUS G-ITO mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] z/OS Systems Programming expert at http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/ Mark's MVS Utilities: http://home.flash.net/~mzelden/mvsutil.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html

